KEVIN Davies returned to training today still lamenting the part he played in Bolton's 2-1 defeat at Fulham.

KEVIN Davies returned to training today still lamenting the part he played in Bolton's 2-1 defeat at Fulham.

Having scored the 50th goal of his career, Davies' second- half header looked set to extend the unbeaten run of Sam Allardyce's side to a seventh game after the Trotters had outclassed Fulham.

However, Davies missed an even better opportunity just 60 seconds after his landmark strike to kill the game off. And he left Loftus Road furious with himself.

"I'm trying not to blame myself but if I had scored, it would have been game over," Davies mused after late strikes from Sean Davis and Facundo Sava wrestled the game from Bolton's grasp.

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"It means nothing to have scored now. The gaffer had warned us at half time about what might happen if we didn't start taking chances and we did have some great chances in the second half."

Though Bolton only dropped one place to 12th spot, victory over Fulham would have sent them to the heady heights of eighth and been the perfect confidence booster going into the Christmas period.

With an onerous run of games against the top four coming up - starting next week at Chelsea - Davies insisted that confidence hasn't been dented too much by Bolton's first defeat since October and the mood in the dressing room is still upbeat.